Raw-Steel Production in U.S.
Declined 0.5% in Past Week

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated July 10, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 0.5% in the week ended July 7 to 1,843,000 tons from the 1,853,000 tons produced the previous week, the American Iron and Steel Institute said.

The week's output was down 17.8% from the 2,243,000 tons produced during the year-earlier period.